How to use Facebook’s new tool for transferring images and videos to Google Photos

Facebook's Google Photos transfer device, initially revealed for the United States and Canada back in April, is now readily available globally, the firm revealed on Thursday.

The brand-new information transfer device enables you to produce duplicates of all of the images or video clips on your Facebook account as well as move them to a connected Google Photos one. The device was first offered in choose parts of Africa, Asia Pacific, and also Latin America last December and also it's been expanding to more nations because.

Right here's exactly how to make use of the new data transfer tool on Facebook:

1. While logged into your Facebook account, click on the down arrow at the end of the top menu bar and also select "Settings.".
2. Select the tab that checks out "Your Facebook Information.".
3. Click on "Transfer a copy of your Photos or Videos.".

Now, users can only store pictures on Google Photos. However, a Facebook agent informed The Verge in April that the "individuals will also be able to transfer images to other firms that join the Data Transfer Program.".

That effort was developed in 2018 between Google, Facebook, Microsoft, as well as Twitter and it's developed to foster collaborations around improved information sharing devices, both between the business and for customers. Apple later signed up with the open-source initiative, called the Data Transfer Project, in 2019. Nevertheless, it's uncertain when Facebook will include assistance for various other solutions.

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